OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Illhorrblr T. Ii. Friable 

?lrrt ASEdstant State Suprrlntrndsnt or 

T'ublio lriirtruotloa 

Aui3tin, Toxar 

Dear sir: 

Tao., xheraln yo 

lPCUlt OA th8 FtWSt 

dresse4 to Dr. L. 

or iuetiat 20, 19b2, 

rney Ganrral~ ot 

II oi thlr D.p&rtohed letter, 640, 

48d 

0 Conzaler 

or sah001~, 

In40 andent 

hos th is rttaohti 

of the l&win-Thorabnrg 

sa rlrotlon thr 23r4 day 

ths purp05e or lotting (I a6btmm00 

irty C'SltS per humlie dOlh?# tdlarerulted in 8 tie tote. The trust~rr 

I cleotioo rt the oasrliest bate poa0860 *util!e tbra or thr t1rr md uB4.r 

y may hold the next dwtioa?’ 

The answer to the above qusstlon lr iouad in brtlol~ 

4785, Vernon’s Annotateal Civil Statutea as aaerda4 by Aotr 

1935, uth Legislature, 2nd C. S., p. 1675, Ch. Cfi, rrleth 

to sohool dirtriot miz!tenanw tax oleotlon, wbleh provider 

in part1 
Bonorsblr t. Y. hImblo, paga 2 

w mid 8aintenanor tar propoaitimk 10 drrad 

at en @l rot ion hrl4 for rarh parpoe 0, no o thel r lrotlon 

shall br held thrroior within one yaar trol thr aat. 

or 88i4 l i00ti0~. m 00ftd~i0~~11 005a ror 0-0~ 

rohool dlatrIot8, and the boar4 oi trortrw ‘tar ladee 

tn44nt dletrletr, ahall 0anval)s the return8 6Bd deolara 

he rmult or all elrottanr berrun4rr; u14 ral4 rleotlon 

ahall be held mad ocndaated M provided by law ror 

gsr,oral rleotlon, 4xoept a8 protided herain, * 

Ifo are of the oplni~n thd 4 tls veta or the 

proprrty tax paying qudIfla4 rotara or the so!iool Oirtriot, . 

OD a M.ht&~nOb tclX &UOpOaitiOn i# a dtmE& Of tb.e rOpO#itiOn. 

Tiat a tlr toto defeata the aalntsnonoe ttr prgoalt P on la 

obtloua rrosi the req,uIremnt of a ag!orIty vote to l uthorlcr 

an additional ad *r~ore~ tax levy 68 protldd r0r In &tIolr 

lII, Section 3, Comtitutlaa of Texas, from w-hloh we quato In 

part: 

*. , . An4 the letislature my aathorlra up +64Itional a4 talortn tax to be levied an4 oollsotad tithia 

all rohool dirtrlots hwetorore iorasd or hwsaftsr 

r-44, r0r ths further mlntenanoa or publlt frtt 

oohoola, and far the rrwtloz snd 

brrlldinto thtrola; prdvided that a 

l q uip m.o?, c nt iohool 

qtdirit4 property kr pey’lnp tote 

rotla& at an alrotlon to be held for that purpow, rhall 

rote euch tax. . . .” ( ~5darlIn4~~ ertprUe6 1 

Th4 ahore rrqulrtmsnt is 4140 mde In hrtlolr 2784, 

sootlon k, Vornar'e mnotsted Clril 8tututest 

'90 tax shall bt IstIeC, eoll cot e4, abrogatwi, 

dlminlshsd or lnortastd, and no bond8 rhall bt lrtutd 

htireunder, until such ictloE hsa bcsn euthorlsed by a 

mtorlt oi the votes east at an sleotla he14 in the 

d~ror such purpoao , at ah! oh acme but 

tax royin@ pu4llrIed voters or mob dlstrlot 

pro 

rha L 

tar;: 

tatit1ad to vot4." (PndculLnlng suppllrU1 

wile Art101 t 2953 rslrt4s to rlsctlon ~rooadurr 

in the sr45t or 4 ti4 mte, this artfole has rppllostljn 0a.V 

to 414otIOn Of publI4 0rfi04r4, ma not $0 60h00i tar quastionr. 

we think this 1s elwlr rrm tbs tenor or Ita laagu434, vthfoh 

we quote; 
Eonorablo T’. Y. TripNo, pa&a ) 

.At any dorotion, ii thora be an aqua1 BUtbOr 

or +otw6ltwi to two a aore poreoar ia the 8~6 

orti00, exoe t 4xooutlra orrioorr as prwlded in 

thr CoXistltu 

t 4 

i0B ARK no ona l lOCte4 thorrto, the 

otiloar tO~who6 ha returns are sad8 shall deolaro 

such tleotlon rold as to such 0rri0e on1 

I i 

and shall 

irn4diately order another l leotlon to ii such orri00; 

tid notice shall be eiren, and such othsr 4leotIon 

rhall be held In the smo manner ar the &rnrrsl eleotion.. 

Thlr view 1s ~oonriruied by th4 tollowlng proviso 

in Artiole 2785, rtlating to aohool aalatenaaor tax oleotlonrl 

*And such rltctfon shall bo ha14 an4 conduotad 

as protidsd by law rar gmsral 

heroin srov164d.w (OnderlininE 

rleotions, exoqt as 

mpcli44) 

Nthouch -40 are not advlaed em to vhrther or not 

the election In question proposed an orlglaal mlatanmoe 

tax or en lnoreasr or deeresa8 CC an 4xfrtl.w school d.lrtriot maintananoe tax, w4 wish to point out that under 

Artlolr 2794, It a school aalntanano4 tax has bean authorlrad, 

no tl4ctIon may be h415 to inoreaso or dtcrtasr that tax 

tmtll. two y4rus artrr the rlrotlon uhloh ruthorlsed the tax. 

HoCall 1, L4ti8, 263 S.P. 325. 

You are thtrtrort ad~lsed that a8 tha mlntsaano4 

t4x propoaltloa ror the NaurIn-Thorabwg Common Sohool Dlrtrlct resulted In a tie vote on April 23, W2, tbrt proposItlan was thaa drreatrd an& no other school dlstriot 8aintmenoa 

tax elrotlon can be held in t+:ls d.Istrlot within one year of 

April 23, 1942. 

You are rurthsr aGtIsed in ths crcnt this sohool 

distrlot ha8 herttorore authorit4d and letird a sohool dtstriot aainttaanoe tax, that under Artiole 2794 BO 4lrOtiOB 
to iaoruro e 4aaraare on airtiag sohool airblot 

a a lnto nmoo ta x l n be hold withla two rearm of tho 

rlrrtion whioh aothofised thr oxlstlag tu. 

very trP4 ~Ourrn 

eajsraln Uoodall